Things That Matter Most #2

These are the things I wished I learned instead of algebra. Things I wished my parents told me but I wouldn’t have listened if they did. Things I know I can’t teach my kids but I will try anyway. These are the things that matter most #2. This is MY second list. I do not assume that what matters most to me matters most to you. But I have a feeling that we are not all that different from each other. I know this list is not complete. This is “Part Two” of many. Take what you want from it, leave the rest. Love you!

You are worthy! Do not attach your worth to your accomplishments. Do not wait until you are thin, successful, or more confident before you feel worthy. Worthiness is not what you do, it is who you are.

You belong! You are here for a reason.

You are capable! Actually, you are more than capable. “If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves.” Thomas Edison

Astound yourself!

You are you! Be real…authentic…yourself. When you are being you, when the mask is off and the persona gone, you create space for others to be real too.

You are lovable!

To be lovable is to be vulnerable. To be vulnerable is to be lovable.

Be vulnerable!

Vulnerability is not weakness. It takes an exorbitant amount of courage, strength, nerve, guts and bravery. In fact, “…it’s the bravest thing you will ever do.” Brene Brown

Courage does not just happen. It’s a choice! And, we all have a choice.

Live your life with guts from your gut!

Live with intention. Live with vision. “Vision without guts is fantasy.” Toba Beta

Dare Greatly. Do not stand on the side lines of life. Jump in with feet, hands, head and heart. “It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming.” Theodore Roosevelt

Get sweaty, get bloody.

Get honest. Yes, you will open yourself up to criticism, judgment and disapproval. That’s what honesty does. It puts you at risk, leaving you exposed and susceptible to emotional and even physical harm. “Be honest and transparent anyway.” Mother Theresa

It does not matter what others think. It does not matter what you think of others. It’s just a story.

Everyone has a story. Do not hog it. Share it! It just may help someone else with theirs.

And, do not fall victim to your story. If you don’t like it, change it.

We all smile in the same language.

Life is a game. Play it. If you lose, learn from it and play again.

Do not be afraid of change. Rock that boat, buck convention and defy stereotypes! It will open doors and windows and worlds you did not know exist.

Do not be afraid to go to hell. Emotional and physical breakdowns are akin to a spiritual awakening. Ugly times, painful moments and visits to the “swamp lands of your soul” will lead you to insight and understanding. Do not run from the swamp lands my friends. Do not resist. What you resist; persists. Go through; all the way to the bottom if you must, but go. You cannot understand heaven, if you have not been to hell.

Life is amazing. Embrace it. All of it. Every second of it. Not a woeful acquiescence but a full joyful embrace.

True meaning is found in the ecstasy of experience; an experience of feeling alive. So, do things that make you feel alive. Eat more chocolate. Walk on the beach barefoot. Crawl into clean sheets at the end of a long day. Make love on those same clean sheets. Play with abandon. “Dance like there’s nobody watching.” William W. Purkey

Life is so delicious. You are delicious.

And, you are loved.

Dare to dream. Dream to dare.

Do not wait for success to come to you. Go to it!

Take action now! Get out of your own way. Step out of your shadow.

Live consciously. Wake up, and turn on your light.

You are pure light. Bright, beautiful, luminous and numinous! Live your own truth. Be in touch with your own divine nature.

But, do not lose yourself to another. Love thrives when each person commits to total union and total creative expression as an individual at the same time. Complete fusion with another is the ultimate obliteration of yourself.

Do not obliterate yourself. Do not give yourself up. Do not sacrifice your wants and desires by putting others first! “You can’t just sit there and put everyone’s life ahead of yours and call that love.” The Perks of Being a Wallflower

It is not selfish to take care of yourself first. It only becomes selfish when it is at other people’s expense. That does not mean that we should not be “in service” to others. It means we have to take care of ourselves in order to be in service to others.

Express yourself fully!

Express yourself creatively!

Express yourself without apology. Self expression is highly correlated to joy. It is a means to freedom, connection to ourselves and to others, and the reason we are all on this planet as one; to bring a little bit of our quirky little selves to the cacophony of other quirky little selves, resulting in the most amazing of harmonies.

So go ahead all of you gorgeous human beings. Show up. Let yourself be seen. Sing it! Write it! Paint it! Perform it! Build it! Design it! Wear it! Sculpt it! Show it! Say it loud and proud! Do not be afraid. We are all in this together my loves, each and every one of us.

Your life matters! You matter. Now go and live!

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